Sunday, September 15, 2013

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWorld) 9/16/2013





DRAM shortage from Hynix fire to hit PCs hardest
The damage to Hynix's China fabrication facility from a fire last week will take three to six months to repair, which will hit prices and supply hard because it is the top memory producer.

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Why Apple's 'indoor GPS' plan is brilliant
Apple's iBeacons system will enable purchases, contextual marketing, automated check-ins and much more. And it's closer than you think.

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Email, calendaring and HR top the list of SaaS buyers' priorities
Companies of all sizes are picking up their adoption of SaaS (software as a service), with email, calendaring and human resources applications garnering the most interest, according to a new survey from Constellation Research.

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NASA's Voyager to prepare us for future deep space missions
As NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft travels outside the solar system, scientists hope to learn about the forces pushing on the "bubble" around the sun and how interstellar radiation could affect future space exploration.

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With new iPhone 5s, Apple launches the 64-bit smartphone war
The 64-bit smartphone clash has been joined between rivals Apple and Samsung. But will everyday smartphone buyers even care, much less notice?

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Microsoft working out kinks in Outlook.com's IMAP implementation
Getting Outlook.com to work with email client applications via IMAP is proving to be a challenge for some users of the Microsoft webmail service.

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Surveillance court orders transparency review of its NSA opinions
A U.S. surveillance court has ordered government agencies to review the court's own opinions related to the legality of a massive telephone records collection program at the U.S. National Security Agency in preparation for possible publication of those opinions.

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I, me, mine: Chrome for iOS learns pronouns
Google has pushed out updates for the iOS and Android versions of Chrome, as the company continues beefing up its browser for use with tablets and smartphones.

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The legend of Jack Kilby: 55 years of the integrated circuit
The tech industry thrives on legends. Here's a good one.

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